David R

I've never heard of anyone having to drop it out the bottom in a honda. I remember friends with GTiR's complaining about having to do it that way.

If you have a block and tackle, or an engine hoist designed to lift the motor (you can hire them) then it should be easier than lifting the whole car around the motor.

Definitely ornates.

I don't think its necessary to drop it out the bottom, and to me sounds like a whole lot more hassle than its worth when you can just lift the motor and box straight out. Probably the best piece of advice I can offer is to find someone who's done a motor swap before because there is always little tricks and easy ways of doing things that you will probably end up learning the hard way if you do it by yourself.

Well you can also "get" lions, tigers, rhino, piranha, etc "in new zealand". There might be some at places like napier aquarium, and even the odd one in a private collection, but is anyone breeding them? You cant really "get" them like you can a bearded dragon.

I can see why they wanted them, they're awesome looking creatures!! No justification for what they did tho.... :evil:

:roll: Cry me a river. Us in the 'real world' are still at work and will only be getting a couple of weeks [if that] off over xmas!

Maybe they were talking about a 100000g+ public aquarium "tank"? :lol:

The small ones are growing out in a 3'x18"x18" tank, and the big one (both mine and Duncan7's) are in 4'x20x20" tanks. 6'x2'x2' is on the cards for next year, although not as urgent since the death of my 18"+ fire eel.

Not really. Pleco's can cause trouble and its is generally recomended that they are avoided. Aggressive central american cichlids can bully them a bit and out-compete them for food (although there are ways around this. But yeah, generally 'anything that is obviously too big to be eaten' is a good guideline.

Do you know what a search is??? Its common knowlege that pleco's + bichirs is a bad idea. I must have posted this link hundreds of times here in relation to just about every bichir question. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... hp?t=65770 That thread contains pretty much everything you need to know about keeping bichirs, and a whole lot more. You could even answer your own question is you think about it. What is the footprint of a 135g tank? What is the maximum length of an adult black shark (and ornate bichir)? 2 + 2 = ......

What are the dimensions of the 100L tank? Depending on the length and width it might be ok.

Nobody fails anything now, that would be non-pc and would crush their fragile little egos and leave them needing counseling. :roll:

Exactly, I don't think I'd want a tank that big unless I could afford to have staff who maintain it and could charge people entry to see it....

for school kids, :evil: for the rest of us who have to put up with loads of teenagers with far too much spare time invading the world on weekdays.....

10' is one thing, how many of them are 5' wide and 4' deep tho?! 10'x2'x2' is only (only?!) around 1150L, where as 10'x5'x4' is around 5800L, over 5 times the volume! There's probably plenty of people with tanks around 1000L, but I doubt there's many with tanks 5000L+

Yup, forget the discus stuff, if you're going to feed pellets use the Hikari sinking carnivore pellets. Beef heart and shrimp are good, and the eel will love it too.

Why do I get the felling that this thread is just wishful thinking? Have you actually thought about: How on earth you are going to clean it? Gravel syphon on a very long stick? You won't even be able to reach the bottom at the front of the tank, let alone in the middle if it's 5' wide. At around 5800L, even a 10% water change will be close to 600L, which will take up a heck of a long time just to fill back up with a hose. Why you actually need it that big? I can't think of many fish that would need a 4' deep tank. With that depth you will run into all sorts of problems, getting enough light to the bottom of the tank (especially if you want plants), reaching the bottom for maintenance, decorating etc. Are you going to be keeping huge fish that need the width of 5' to turn around? Have you researched the day-to-day running costs of a tank that big? How much power will the pumps/lights/heater use? What happens if the fish get sick and you need to medicate them? How much dechlorinator will you need to use during water changes? Even the cost of feeding such a large number of fish would be quite high. What about the logistics of building and housing the tank? Obviously it will have to be built on-site, but what about the stand? The water alone will weigh close to 6 tons, plus the tank, stand, gravel, etc. Are you 100% sure your floor will be able to take that kind of weight? Can you even get a 10'x5' sheet of glass through your house and into the room where you want to build the tank? This is not the kind of tank you can pack up and take with you when you move. Are you settled in that house, jobs etc? If you do move you will most likely have to pull the tank down as there's not many people who would want to take on such a large aquarium. Building a tank of this size is an absolutely massive undertaking, and should be very thoroughly thought thru before spending a cent. How big is the biggest tank you are keeping now (or have ever kept)? I remember reading an article written by someone who volunteered to look after a big tank in a mall, I think it was a hexagon about 4' deep and had a large pacu and a couple of other big fish. He went into great detail about all the problems of such a large tank, and said after looking after such a large tank his 'dream tank' went from 600g+ with massive fish to about 240g with fish that only grew to around 12". Sometimes bigger isn't always better....

Most definately racism, I mean really, why only include fish? Shouldn't the Chinese part cover all 'races' and say "No taking fish, eels, ducks, or any other animals"? :lol: Only joking, I have plenty of chinese/asian friends and they all have a sense of humor....

I've found that convicts have one hell of a survival instinct. If you chuck in a bunch of them I'd say at least one will make it under a rock or piece of driftwood and somehow avoid being eaten and make itself at home. If you're keeping a bare tank it would be a different story.

Not give up or not learn from your mistakes? How big is the eel?

Looks great, but either I'm blind or they're really well camouflaged!! :lol: :oops:

Uaru love it!

It depends on what kind of fish, and how many, you want to keep in there. IMO you'd be better off with two heaters rather than one large one, seems safer to me, if one fails you've got the other one to back it up. I found in my 550L tank with two 300W heaters that most of the time only one was working, and it was only when doing water changes or on cold nights the second one kicked in.

Should be OK if the discus are big enough, their shape makes them difficult for a fish to swallow. I'd be more worried about the large amount of waste from a big ornate making the water bad for the discus.